Mount Glorious

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 279 people in Mount Glorious of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Glorious was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.5% of the population.

Of people in Mount Glorious aged 15 years and over, 54.2% were married and 19.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Glorious was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Mount Glorious, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Glorious was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Mount Glorious 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 16.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Glorious were English 27.2%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 13.2%, Scottish 7.0% and German 5.0%.

In Mount Glorious, 73.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 4.3%, Argentina 1.1%, Aruba 1.1% and Germany 1.1%.

In Mount Glorious, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Glorious were No Religion 39.7%, Catholic 17.7%, Anglican 12.3%, Buddhism 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Mount Glorious 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Swedish 1.1%, Greek 1.1%, Spanish 1.1% and Cantonese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Glorious. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Glorious, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Glorious was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mount Glorious were Professionals 35.7%, Managers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Mount Glorious, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Local Government Administration 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.5% and Tertiary Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Glorious was $685.

In Mount Glorious, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Train, car as driver 5.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Train, car as passenger 1.9%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Glorious, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Mount Glorious, 34.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Glorious, 34.9% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 14.0% were one parent families.

In Mount Glorious 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Glorious, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $4,167 and those without children was $2,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Glorious, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Glorious, 68.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Glorious, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Glorious, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Glorious, 41.0% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Glorious, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Mount Glorious, 13.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Mount Glorious, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Glorious, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Mount Glorious, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mount Glorious, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.